Safety hook



Patented Sept. 7, 1926.

UNITED; STATES EDGAR E. GREVE, OF BELLEVUE, vPENNSYLVANIA.

SAFETY HOOK.

Application led June 4, 1925. Serial No. 34,848.

This invention is for an improvement in hooks of the type commonly employed in oil drilling, hoisting, and other operations. A

When using hooks in a drilling derrick or other hoisting operation, it is desirable that the hook be of such a constructionthat there will be no projecting parts which can become caught in the derrickor other structure. At the same time itis desirable that the hook be of such a character that any object being carried .thereby cannot become dislodged from the hook except at the will of the operator.

The present invention has for its main objects to provide a safety hook embodying the construction above specified; a hook which is cheap to manufacture and one that ,Y is simple and positive in its operation.

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The invention may beV readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings,

' 4 releasing the end of arm 10. Arm 10 may be in which: f i

` Fig. 1 is side elevationV of'a hook embodying my invention; j

Fig. 2 a plan View of the safety catch or latch; and, Y Y

Fig. 3, a frontview of the hook.

In the drawings, 5 indicates a suitable supporting element in which the hook is cai'- ried, this being of any well known or preferred construction. The hook is designated generally as 6, 7 being the shank portion thereof and 8 the nose or bill. Carried on a transverse pin 9 in the nose or the bill, is a two armedV guard member, the upper arm l0 being the heavier and having a projection 10a at its extremities, the outer surface 10 preferably being conveXed to conform to the general curvature of the hook. The

second arm 11 is at substantially right angles` to the first and hasa concaved face 11a. This arm is normally received ina suitably shaped recess 12 in the bottom of the hook l so that its concaved surface 11a is flush with and conforms to the inner surface of the hook.

When the arm 11 is seated in the recess, the arm 10 is in a generally upright position, but inclined toward the rshank of the hook. To positively lock the guard member in position,v a latch'l is provided. This latch is preferably of the form shown in Fig. 2, and isdesigned to be pivoted to the ture. Vis simple, positive and safe.

shank at 14. Member 13 has an upwardly extending curved position 132L that is slot- Y ted at^15 to straddle the shank of the hook,

while the end 16 thereof,- has a ratchet-tooth notch 17 therein.` A part A18 of the latch rests on the shank of the hook to prevent the latch from dropping below a substan tially horizontal position.l

Ordinarily, the projection 10a on the end of arm 10 is received in the notch 17 toprevent the guard from opening.y If desired, alleaf spring 19 may be provided at the upper end of the shank to bear against the latch and resiliently hold it fromlifting.

In addition tothe latch yfor holding'I the guard inhclosed position, the bail X of an ob-l ject carried by the hook will normally rest j on the lower arm 11, Aand hold the guard against accidental displacement.

To open the hook, the latch 13'is lifted,

swung out as shown in dotted lines, and being heavier than arm 11, will hold the guard open. At such time, the other arm 1l will be raised to close the mouth of the hook. Therefore, nothing can be inserted in the hook without pushing the arm y11 down to close the guard.'

The hook as thus formed, is symmetrical and has no projections capable of being hooked into a derrick frame or other struc- At the same time, the safety feature Various. changes in the detail construcV tion and arrangement of parts are, of course, contemplated within the scope of my invention.

claim as my invention:

1. A safety hook comprising` a hook structure having a shank and a bill, and a guard member pivotally carried on thefbill, said guard member having two arms angularly disposed with respect to each other, one arm normally lying in the bottom of the hook and the `other normally closing the gap between the bill and the shank,the bottoni of the hook being recessed to receive said first arm, said second mentioned arm being 'heavier than the first, and a spring pressed 2. A safety hook comprising a hook member having a bill and a shank, a guard inember pivotally mounted on the bill and having two angularly disposed arms thereon, one arm normally being directed down against the hook and the other normally extending up across the gap between the bill and the shank, anda latch member pivotally mounted on the shank of the hook and releasably engaging said second mentioned 10 arm, said latch member having a portion straddling the shank and an end portion engaging the said Ysecond arm.

In testimony whereof I alix my signature.

EDGAR E. GREVE. 

